ASAS Foundation Week - Taking Stock - Special Edition May 20, 2025

Lidocaine, a typical local anesthetic, is used during medical procedures to reduce pain by blocking nerve signals. Researchers often apply lidocaine at biopsy sites to ease discomfort, assuming it does not affect characteristics of the tissue relevant to…

By increasing productivity and feed efficiency, genetic improvement has led to substantial reductions in the carbon footprint of pork production over the past decades. This review concludes that, other than continuing and accelerating genetic improvement…